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'Not fair to fans' - how VAR denied Burnley one of greatest comebacks

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Injury-time Damsgaard goal gives Brentford win in seven-goal thriller For a few seconds, Burnley fans were celebrating what looked like being one of the Premier League's greatest ever comebacks - and new hope of a miraculous survival. Zian Flemming had just poked the Clarets into a 78th-minute 4-3 lead, having trailed Brentford 3-0 in the first half, and looked set to become just the sixth Premier League team to have recovered from 3-0 down to win. That was until Jaidon Anthony, who crossed for Flemming to score, had his shoulder ruled offside in the build-up by the video assistant referee (VAR). To add to Burnley's woes - after the visitors had retaken the lead - Scott Parker's side thought they had earned a stoppage-time point only for Ashley Barnes to have an equaliser ruled out for a debatable handball after a five-minute VAR review. Alan Shearer, who is a pundit on BBC's Match of the Day on Saturday, said the handball law is not "fit for purpose" and "isn't fair" on the fans.…

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